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Paul Taylor, the executive vice president of the Pew Research Center and author of The Next America: Boomers, Millennials, and the Looming Generational Showdown, on what makes Millennials a “very […]
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Buddhist meditation teacher and author Sharon Salzberg discusses the role compassion plays in our perceptions and our happiness. Salzberg is the author of Real Happiness at Work: Meditations for Accomplishment, […]
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Big Think’s resident economist Daniel Altman explains why Brazil needs to not only host the World Cup but win it too if it wants to see an economic boost from […]
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Imperative CEO Aaron Hurst offers some advice to recent graduates. Hurst is the author of The Purpose Economy: How Your Desire for Impact, Personal Growth, and Community Is Changing the […]
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Nicholas Negroponte, the Founder of the MIT Media Lab, advises recent graduates to choose a purposeful career.
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Former United States Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner describes the importance of timing and action during a financial crisis. Geithner is the author of Stress Test: Reflections on Financial […]
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Food writer Michael Pollan recalls his experience at The Skylight Inn in Ayden, North Carolina. The owners roast whole hogs in a giant barbecue pit over a 24-hour period.
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Food writer Michael Pollan takes us through the history of barbecue in the south and how its ritualized process stands outside the typical racial paradigm.
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Former United States Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner explains the recipe for financial disaster and the importance of remembering prior crises.
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Sarah Lewis, curator and the author of The Rise: Creativity, the Gift of Failure, and the Search for Mastery, on art as a galvanic force.
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Say goodbye to the inefficiencies of our current logistics systems. Automated vehicles, integrated logistics networks, and pooled cooperative resources will democratize the logistics economic model.
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Imperative CEO Aaron Hurst (http://www.imperative.com) describes how we are evolving from an information economy to an economy of purpose. Hurst is the author of The Purpose Economy: How Your Desire […]
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Former United States Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner explains the recipe for financial disaster and the importance of remembering prior crises.
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Management expert Adam Bryant on the trouble with email.
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Dickson Despommier on how vertical farming can help us meet the challenges of feeding a growing global population.
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Jeremy Rifkin on the coming revolution of the energy internet.
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Neurobiologist James Fallon on the psychopathic brain.
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Gerd Gigerenzer on seeing and understanding the risks around you.
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Michio Kaku on what makes a supergenius.
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Fareed Zakaria explains what it takes to excel in today’s knowledge economy and why accreditation matters more than ever.
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Barbara Corcoran on her system for firing salespeople who are dragging down the company.
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Stephen Dubner, co-author of Freakonomics, on his latest book with Steven Levitt, Think Like a Freak.
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Professor James Abruzzo discusses ethics as it relates to the world of art.
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Shark Tank investor Barbara Corcoran shares her strategies for hiring managers and salespeople. Her latest book is Shark Tales: How I Turned $1,000 into a Billion Dollar Business.
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Adam Bryant, the author of Quick and Nimble and the “Corner Office” columnist at The New York Times, on the critical importance of workplace culture.
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Ken Auletta on how the future of television will be free of commercial interruptions, which benefits writers and viewers alike.
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Former President of Slovenia Danilo Türk discusses the importance of cultivating creativity in the classroom.
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Dr. Michio Kaku returns to Big Think studios to discuss his latest book, The Future of the Mind. Here he explains the remarkable advances in brain imaging.
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Former Prime Minister of Greece George Papandreou discusses participatory citizenship, democracy, and experiments in Wikilaw.
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Dr. Steven Masley explains how healthy diets need to be tasty too.
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